Specialist building services consultancy Method Consulting has relocated its Bristol office to larger premises to give it room for further growth. The consultancy, which specialises in engineering and sustainability projects, has moved from Old Market Street to Queens Quay on Queen Square. It said the newly refurbished office also...
Specialist wholesaler Chapple & Jenkins is embarking on an ambitious expansion after securing a £1.1m funding package from Barclays. The fast-growing firm has already used the finance to buy a 1.79-acre site next to its existing 30,000 sq ft warehouse on Station Road, Kingswood, pictured. It now plans to...
The trend for quirky co-working spaces and serviced offices is beginning to dominate Bristol city centre’s office market, latest figures show, with the three largest deals of the past quarter all involving operators in the rapid-growth sector. The second quarter report by the Bristol Office Agents Society shows 177,633...
A £100m institute tasked with creating transformational technologies for the future is to be opened on the University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. In what the university described as a unique collaboration, the institute will act as an international-leading research facility, bringing together its engineers with social...
Former Airbus UK managing director Prof Iain Gray has joined Bristol-based digital engineering specialists The Centre for Modelling & Simulation as chairman. Iain, pictured, is a highly respected figure in UK engineering, having also been chief executive of Innovate UK, formerly the Technology Strategy Board, and Professor and Director...
An ambitious development, which could bring up to 1,500 new homes along with commercial and community space to a high-profile city centre entrance site, has moved a step closer with the appointment of design and planning consultancy teams. The huge Frome Gateway scheme is the brainchild of Bristol-based developer...
Bristol law firm Meade King has advised long-established city charity George Müller Charitable Trust on its move to a new home. The trust, known as Müllers, is moving from its base in Cotham to a purpose-built office and museum in Ashley Down – one of the five orphanages founded...
Family-owned construction group Jehu, one of the largest based in Wales, has established a South West division based in Bristol. The move follows the firm securing projects in the region worth £35m, including the contract to build the £16m Moxy boutique hotel on the edge of Bristol city centre. ...
Independent commercial building consultancy Malcolm Hollis has made five promotions in its Bristol office. John Gerrish, Justin Tyson, Will Floyd and Will Pasco have become senior associates while Anthony Fallon is now an associate. John Gerrish, pictured right, has more than 15 years’ industry experience and specialises in neighbourly...
Fast-growing specialist R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown has relocated its Bristol head office, giving it enough space to more than double its staff numbers again. The firm, the UK’s largest of its kind, has increased its headcount by more than 100% since 2017 and is expected to carry on...
The Institute of Directors South West Director of the Year Awards celebrated best business practice, with the winners demonstrating the breadth and depth of talent in the region’s boardrooms. Winners ranged from the West of England’s largest bus operator to a recycling firm behind a state-of-the-art waste handling centre...
Regional private commercial property consultancy ETP has strengthened its team with the appointment of two new staff members and the qualification to fully qualified chartered surveyor of another. Based in Clifton with an office in Chepstow, ETP has achieved steady growth over the past two years, which has prompted...
Bristol has been named as the UK’s second-best city outside London for business in league table that rates major urban centres on their appeal as places to run and grow knowledge-based companies. The ranking of 21 towns and cities, compiled for Management Today magazine, was topped by Manchester with...
